Win 94 with marble's rear sight

[Buster95]

I would like to know if a Winchester 94 with a half round half octagonal 26" barrel, 32 special made in 1905 is considered original if the gun has a marble's rear sight? Here are a photo of the gun and the sight (the rifle is not mine).


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[pwl44m]

My 53 has a Marbles for whatever that is worth.

[Griff]

The short answer is "yes", BUT. I don't remember off the top of my head when Marble's introduced the "double" elevator on their sights. Winchester would install almost any sight on a rifle. Many left the factory with special order sights.

[Mike D.]

Actually, it was not available for the early 1894s because the Marbles 60 series was not yet made when your gun was made. The sight is the Marble's 64 semi-buckhorn and it was available for the later Winchester carbines, all calibers; the Savage 99 .22 HP, 250-3000, and 300 Rifles; and all .22 caliber rifles having rear dovetail slots. Standard for the 1894 rifle was the Winchester No 22 Sporting Rear Sight. Beginning in 1902, the .32 Winchester Special Smokeless Powder Sight was standard for rifles chambered for that cartridge. Somewhere in the rifle's history the correct sight was replaced with the on that is on it now.

[Buster95]

Actually, it was not available for the early 1894s because the Marbles 60 series was not yet made when your gun was made. The sight is the Marble's 64 semi-buckhorn and it was available for the later Winchester carbines, all calibers; the Savage 99 .22 HP, 250-3000, and 300 Rifles; and all .22 caliber rifles having rear dovetail slots. Standard for the 1894 rifle was the Winchester No 22 Sporting Rear Sight. Beginning in 1902, the .32 Winchester Special Smokeless Powder Sight was standard for rifles chambered for that cartridge. Somewhere in the rifle's history the correct sight was replaced with the on that is on it now.

Thanks for the very precise reply. The seller want $800.00 shipped for it.

[Mike D.]

$800 isn't too bad, especially considering the specially ordered half oct bbl. The Special Smokeless Sights show up on eBay and other sites from time to time.

[Pete44ru]

IIRC, if Marbles-equipped from Winchester, it should have one of the #22 sights - the 22B California Buckhorn, the 22C Flat Top, the 22E Rocky Mountain, or the 22F Sporting.

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[Buster95]

I can have it for $675 shipped!!!!!

[olyinaz]

I can have it for $675 shipped!!!!!

Congrats! That sounds like a great deal to me. Christmas!!

Cheers,
Oly